Caster-rack for stamps.



Nb. 652,257 Patented lun 26, I900.

H. S. FOLGER.

'- EASTER RACK FOR STAMPS.

(Application filed may 20, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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HARRY S. FOLGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CASTER-RACK FOR STAM PS.

SPEGIFIGATIOIV forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,257, dated June 26, 1900.

Application filed May 20,1899. Serial No. 717,600. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY S. FOLGER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caster-Racks for Stamps, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to stamp-racks of the caster variety, and has for its object the providing of adjustable means forholding stamps The ordinary caster-rack consists of a standard on which is mounted one or more revolving tables provided with openings (notches or slots) in which to suspend rubber stamps. These openings are not all of the same size, but none of them is adj ustable to suit the circumstances in case the stamp-handles happen to be mostly large or mostly small.

In my present invention I have preserved the general style of standard with revolving tables; but I have provided means for adjusting the jaws (or sides of the openings) so as to accommodate whatever stamps it may be desirable to suspend in them.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of a caster-rack. Fig. 2 is a plan of the upper table. Fig. 3is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4c is a section on lines 44 of Figs. 2 and 3.

In the said drawings, 10 is a standard on which are supported the revoluble tables 11 and 12. These tables are provided with prongs 13, which serve as stationary jaws for part of the adjustable openings in which are hung the stamps after the manner illustrated in Fig. 1. At the corners of the table are also some fixed openings 14. The prongs 13 are arranged in pairs, the two members of one pair lying parallel to each other and at the extremes of one side of the table. Along the edge of the table, between a given pair of prongs, is a slot 15, adapted to receive a screw 16. The adjustable jaws consist of L-shaped pieces the arms 17 of which are similar in size and shape to the prongs 13 and the arms 18 of which are provided with slots 19. The

'arms 17 are offset, so that when the arms 18 are placed over or under the table, with the slots 19 in line with slots 15, they (the arms 17) will be on a level with the prongs 13. It

will be noticed that the L-shaped pieces 17 18 are reversible, so that the same piece may be placed either over or under the table and have the arm 17 serve as the adjustable jaw; also, that one screw 16, with its nut 20, serves to hold two of these adjustable jaws between one pair of stationary jaws or prongs 1.3. The arms 1'7 therefore divide the space between a pair of prongs into three openings for holding stamps, which division may be in any pro portion desired.- For example, if large-ham dled stamps are to be held the arms 17 may be adjusted close together, leaving two large spaces next to the prongs 13, or one large one may be held in the middle opening by separating the arms 17, and two small ones may be held in the outer openings. It will be ob vions that I might make the sides of the ta= ble longer and place two pairs of L-shaped pieces between a pair of prongs; butI usually prefer to obtain the requisite number of stamp -holding openings by increasing the number of sides to the tables. For example, the rack illustrated in Fig. 1 has three sides on the upper table and five sides on the lower table. A third table would have seven or eight sides and a fourth table would either have a proportionate nu mber of sides or longer sides.

What I claim is-- 1. In a stamp-rack, a rotatable angular ta ble, fixed prongs or jaws located adjacent to the corners of said table, and adjustable prongs or jaws located between a pair of fixed aws.

2. In a stamp-rack, a rotatable table pro vided with a slot along its side, reversible stamp-holding jaws provided with similar slots and located on the upper and lower faces of said table,"and a screw passing through the slots of said said jaws in place.

3. In a stamp-rack, a rotatable angular table provided with a stamp-holding opening at each corner, a fixed prong at each side of said openings, and adjustable prongs located on the sides of the table between the fixed prongs.- Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 17th day of May, 1899.

HARRY S. FOLGER. WVitnesses:

O. L. REDFIELD, HOWARD A. REDFIELD.

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